Blaise Jean Lejeune (abt. 1750 - 1818)

Born about 1750 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Josèphe Breau — married 3 Nov 1773 in Ascension, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1818 at about age 68 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Descendant of First Nations Christine Aubois.

JEAN BAPTISTE LE JEUNE is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 5 Left. Listed with him are two children, Blaise and Marguerite Le Jeune.^[1]

Blaise Lejeune, son of Jean Baptiste Lejeune and Marguerite Trahan, was born about 1750 at Pisiguit, Acadie.

Among the families at Baye des Espagnols on Ile Royale, Nova Scotia, in 1752 was the family of Jean Baptiste Lejuene and his wife Marguerite Trahan, who are shown with two sons and a daughter: Jean (Baptiste), age 3 years, Blaise, age 2 years . . .^[2]

He was just a child when his family was among those Acadians exiled to Maryland by the British in 1755. In 1763 when the war ended, he was counted as an orphan on a list of Acadians being freed at Port Tobacco, Maryland.^[3][4]

According to New Orleans newspaper writer Damon Veach, after the Seven Years War ended in 1763 and they were released:

Jean-Baptiste [LEJEUNE], Blaise, Joseph, Marguerite, and Nanette all eventually left Maryland en route to Louisiana with their uncle, Honore Trahan and his wife, aboard the English schooner Britain. This ship, ill-equipped and barely seaworthy, eventually ran aground near present-day Goliad, Texas. Eventually, the Acadians and the Germans were given Spanish passports for an overland journey to Louisiana. They traveled by land from Goliad to Natchitoches.^[5]

He arrived in Louisiana in 1769.^[6]

In Louisiana he married Marie Josephe Breau in November 1773 at Ascension Church.^[2][7] Known children of Blaise and Marie Josephe:

1. Blaise Lejeune (1774)
2. Joseph Osire Lejeune (1776-1825)
3. Jean Baptiste Lejeune (1777)
4. Joseph Lejeune (1780)
5. Hilaire Lejeune (1782)
6. Celeste Lejeune (1783)
7. Marie Angela Lejeune (1786)

In 1774 he was counted on the census of the Opelousas Post with his wife and first child.^[8] From 1776-1777 he served in the Louisiana Militia during the Revolutionary War at the Opelousas Post.^[9] He and Marie Josephe were counted on the census in 1777 in Opelousas, Louisiana, now with two sons.^[10]

Blaise Lejeune died around 1818 inLouisiana.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, editors, (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 22
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} John Austin Young, The Lejeunes of Acadia and the Youngs of southwest Louisiana: a genealogical study of the Lejeunes of Acadia and the descendants of Joseph Lejeune/Young and Patsy Perrine Hay, (1991) pp. 10, 66
3. ↑ Census: 7 Jul 1763 Port Tobacco, Charles, MD: Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) pp. 137 & 153

   Text: 442

   "Etat des gens neutrals acadiens qui sont a Portabaco. En Maryland"

   + Honoré Braux, Magdelaine Braux son epouse, Magdelaine Braux, Marie Braux, Margueritte Braux, Blaise le Jeune orphelin .... 6
4. ↑ Gregory A. Wood, A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995) p. 99
5. ↑ Damon Veach, Genealogy Column, "Lejeunes immigrated via interesting path," in New Orleans Times-Picayune, (date, page)
6. ↑ Acadian Genealogy Exchange, Janet Jehn, ed. vol. XXXIII, no. 2 (Oct 2004), p. 83

   Text: He was aboard the "Britain," which departed Port Tobacco, Maryland for Louisiana on 5 Jan 1769. They arrived (see article) overland at Natchitoches, Louisiana on 24 Oct 1769. (Cites: THE PRESIDIO LA BAHIA, a history of the first settlement near present-day Goliad, Texas).

7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1980) pp. 154 & 494

   Text: Blaise LEJEUNE, son of Jean & Margarite TRAHAN, married on 3 Nov 1773 to Marie Joseph [sic should be Josephe] BROD, daughter of Pierre & Margarite GOTRO of St. Gabriel. Witnesses: Romaine de la FOSSE; Joseph ORILLION; Jean Baptiste LEJEUNE. Recorded at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-1, 125).

8. ↑ Census: 8 Nov 1774 Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana: Winston De Ville,Mississippi Valley Mélange, vol. 1 (Baton Rouge, LA: Provincial Press, Claitor’s Publishing Division, date) p. 39

   Text: Blaize le JEUNE and wife, with 1 child. [No slaves or livestock.]

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Opelousas Militia Military Service, 1776-1777, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana: DAR Patriot Index, Millennium Administration, vol. II, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2003) p. 1613

   Text: Blaise LE JEUNE, born 1751, died around 1820 in LA. He married 1st Marie Josephe BREAUX. His patriot service was in Louisiana.

10. ↑

    Census: May 1777 Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana: Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts, (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publishing, Reprinted June 2010) Note: citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300) p. 27

    Text: 130. Blaise LE JEUNE, 27;

    Marie Joseh BRAUX, wife, 30.

    Garcons: Blaise, 4;

    Joseph, 1.

    There were 8 cattle, 3 horses, and 4 hogs.

See also:

• Geni.genealogy Blaise Jean Lejeune 1750-1800’s
• Google Maps/ Blaise Lejeune Bayou & Blaise Lejeune Gully, located southeast of present-day community of Richard, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, U.S.A.
• Ancestry Family Tree: Rider/Deshotel Family